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		<title>Lonely Planet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven McKnight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many plays dealing with the heart of the AIDS crisis feature justifiable anger and fury. Yet Steven Dietz’s 1994 play Lonely Planet demonstrates that a gentle approach can be just as powerful and touching, as it is in the excellent production now playing at MetroStage. Michael Russotto as Jody and Eric Sutton as Carl (Photo: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[metrostage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As reflected in the simple yet telling title of the current production at MetroStage, Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!, the story depicts a family’s struggle to cross the dangerous waters to escape 1960’s Cuba.  This autobiographical tale opens with the writer/performer Jay Alvarez as a little sniffling four year-old being herded against his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soul stirring Aisha de Haas heats up Josephine Tonight! at Metro Stage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Galbraith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UpClose]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I sat down with Aisha de Haas, jazz chanteuse, Broadway singer, and repertory actress. I had just watched her performance in Metro Stage’s Josephine Tonight! where she’d knocked my socks off playing both Josephine Baker’s mother, Carrie, and “Big Bertha Smith”, Josephine’s vaudeville mentor. I wanted to learn more about this powerhouse singer. Aisha [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Josephine Tonight</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2012/02/07/josephine-tonight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Jackson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrostage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s rare for a show to grab you from beginning to end, but the long awaited Josephine Tonight does just that.  It’s so hot it sizzles! Based on the larger than life Josephine Baker, the script focuses on selected moments of the legend’s fascinating early years. Instead of a plodding chronological history lesson,  the musical re-imagines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Josephine Tonight cancels two preview performances</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2012/02/02/josephine-tonight-cancels-two-preview-performances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Treanor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thurs, Feb 2, 2012 &#8211; MetroStage has told DCTS that due to the illness of a cast member, tonight&#8217;s preview  of Josephine Tonight as well as the Saturday matinee on February 4th have been cancelled. The much anticipated bio musical about Josephine Baker is still expected to open Saturday evening, February 4th. Any ticket holders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Broadway Christmas Carol</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2011/11/23/a-broadway-christmas-carol-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Demers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The earlier and earlier onset of the holiday season, marked by 24-7 Christmas radio and Santa greeting you at CVS in early November, is enough to drive a sane person underground until December 26th. However, despite the onerous onset of “Christmas Creep”, the yearly retelling of Charles Dickens&#8217; A Christmas Carol somehow never goes out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Savage in Limbo</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2011/09/15/savage-in-limbo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven McKnight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrostage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once in a while all of the stars align to create a magical theatre event like MetroStage’s production of John Patrick Shanley’s Savage in Limbo.  The script, the cast, the direction, the performances, and the venue are all so perfectly in tune that the production inspires nothing but praise.   (l-r) Michael Kevin Darnall as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amadeus the latest of 4 Spring shows to add performances</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2011/05/27/amadeus-the-latest-extension/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 12:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Treanor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Critics and audiences alike are declaring Edward Gero and Sasha Olinick  a triumph in Amadeus at Round House Theatre, which just added three performances, now closing June 12th. Washington loves all things Stoppard, as the MetroStage production of The Real Inspector Hound is proving. With strong ensemble acting, the hysterical locked room mystery has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Inspector Hound</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2011/04/27/the-real-inspector-hound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jayne Blanchard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrostage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever had the hankering to stop being a seat warmer and jump up onstage to join the action? Careening out of your comfort zone and inadvertently breaking the fourth wall are two of the themes in Tom Stoppard’s affable send-up of pat murder mysteries and theater critic pretensions, The Real Inspector Hound. MetroStage has an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>His Eye is on the Sparrow</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2011/02/01/his-eye-is-on-the-sparrow/</link>
		<comments>http://dctheatrescene.com/2011/02/01/his-eye-is-on-the-sparrow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Jackson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrostage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Those already familiar with the awesome powers of the inimitable Bernardine Mitchell and have waited anxiously for her return to the metro area can breathe a sigh of relief.  She’s back in a winning combination—Mitchell telling the story of Ethel Waters –it’s a no brainer.  You gotta go. Not that it’s a perfect show—there’s more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Broadway Christmas Carol</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/11/23/a-broadway-christmas-carol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McMillan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrostage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Dickens&#8217; A Christmas Carol is one of the old chestnuts of the holiday season without a doubt,  as evidenced by the scads of adaptations whether radio play, film, movie musical or animated feature. MetroStage has opted to make merry with Kathy Feininger’s show tune-driven riff on the classic tale. Not an original musical like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glimpses of the Moon: they saved the show</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/09/29/glimpses-of-the-moon-they-saved-the-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Markowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theatre Schmooze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrostage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A glimpse into the ‘big switch’ at MetroStage: Lauren ‘Coco’ Cohn and Natascia Diaz on Glimpses of the Moon It’s a great 42nd Street-type story: the lead gets sick and another cast member assumes her role and saves the show. Then bring in a talented actress/comedienne who comes down from The Big Apple to play [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glimpses of the Moon</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/09/17/glimpses-of-the-moon/</link>
		<comments>http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/09/17/glimpses-of-the-moon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McMillan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrostage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pop, fizz, deliriously good. Mash up the sensibilities of Gatsby and Thoroughly Modern Millie; pour over jazz-kissed show tunes laced with interesting harmonies (John Mercurio); stir in a witty book and lyrics (Tajlei Levis) &#8212; especially dazzling when cross-talking lyrics float on the intricate score; and before you can say, &#8220;Gilded Age&#8221; or &#8220;Roaring Twenties,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cast changes for Glimpses of the Moon</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/09/09/cast-changes-for-glimpses-of-the-moon/</link>
		<comments>http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/09/09/cast-changes-for-glimpses-of-the-moon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Treanor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrostage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Natascia Diaz, winner of last year&#8217;s Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in Metro Stage&#8217;s ROOMS, a rock romance, will be assuming the lead role of Susy Branch when Metro Stage&#8217;s new season officially opens Sunday, September 12th with the romantic musical Glimpses of the Moon. Natascia Diaz, shown here with Doug Kreeger in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opening new ROOMS in Philly</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/04/30/opening-new-rooms-in-philly/</link>
		<comments>http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/04/30/opening-new-rooms-in-philly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Markowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s starting to make the regional theatre rounds, new productions are popping up, and there are no happier people than composer Paul Scott Goodman and his wife Miriam Gordon, who composed and co-wrote the book of the musical ROOMS a rock romance. DC audiences and critics loved the MetroStage production of the show, which won [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mahalia, A Gospel Musical</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/01/28/mahalia-a-gospel-musical-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Jackson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrostage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MetroStage's Mahalia, A Gospel Musical is a tribute to the late, great gospel warrior who captivated the nation and audiences around the world with her distinctive soulful voice and effervescent delivery.]]></description>
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		<title>The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2009/09/01/the-musical-of-musicals-the-musical-2/</link>
		<comments>http://dctheatrescene.com/2009/09/01/the-musical-of-musicals-the-musical-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven McKnight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrostage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Musical theatre lovers will be thrilled to know that The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is back and better than ever.  MetroStage has chosen to revive their hit 2007 production to kick off its 25th season, and Washington audiences get one more chance to experience its pure satirical fun. The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heroes</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2009/04/27/heroes-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Treanor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Reviews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Played correctly &#8211; as it surely is in MetroStage&#8217;s sweet and charming production &#8211; Gérald Sibleyras&#8217; Heroes is something Noël Coward might have written, had Coward been free to be earthy &#8211; which is to say, had Coward been writing in 2003, when Sibleyras wrote Heroes. It is witty; its characters are agreeably tart; it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ROOMS on Opening Night</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2009/03/29/rooms-on-opening-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Markowitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am waiting to pick up my ticket for the opening night production of ROOMS a rock romance at New World Stages when I suddenly find that I am nervous. From the moment Carolyn Griffin called me to tell me about this new musical she had just landed for MetroStage, I had a feeling that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cool Papa&#8217;s Party</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2009/02/11/cool-papas-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cool Papa&#8217;s Party Written and Directed by Tom W. Jones II Produced by MetroStage Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson Cool Papa&#8217;s Party is a frantic smattering of music, dance, with bits of dramatic elements tossed on an overlay of historical chronology, coarsely swirling together as a wild-eyed homage to the life spirit of Sammy Davis, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cool Papa&#8217;s Maurice Hines and Tom Jones</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2009/02/03/cool-papas-maurice-hines-and-tom-jones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Markowitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cool Papa&#8217;s Party A conversation with choreographer Maurice Hines and writer/director Thomas W. Jones II by Joel Markowitz It was late, the end of a long evening rehearsal, and the cast of Cool Papa&#8217;s Party had one more song in them &#8211; &#8220;Sho&#8217; Can Dance&#8221; which they recorded for us before quitting the stage, leaving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isn&#8217;t It Romantic?</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/11/25/isnt-it-romantic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it Romantic? Written and directed by David Hunter Koch Music Direction by William Knowles Produced by MetroStage Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson No one this side of the Blue Note or the Algonquin Hotel delivers a silver-plated lyric like Jimi Ray Malary.  Just as in prior MetroStage hits, Ellington: The Life and Music of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pearl Bailey .. By Request</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/10/21/pearl-bailey-by-request/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven McKnight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you enjoy live R&#38;B/jazz and are looking for an entertaining musical evening out, the MetroStage world premiere production of Pearl Bailey . . . By Request admirably fills the bill. If you fondly remember Pearl Bailey and her music, you are doubly blessed.  On the other hand, if you do not have much familiarity with Pearl Bailey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rooms&#8217; Natascia Diaz and Doug Kreeger</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/08/29/rooms-natascia-diaz-and-doug-kreeger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Markowitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the stars of Rooms: A Rock Musical An interview with Natascia Diaz and Doug Kreeger by Joel Markowitz Minutes after accepting their standing ovations, their Scottish accents still on the tips of their tongues, the stars of the new bound-for-NYC musical Rooms: A Rock Musical sat down with Joel to talk about the show, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rooms</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/08/05/rooms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven McKnight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROOMS Music and Lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman Book by Paul Scott Goodman and Miriam Gordon Directed by Scott Schwartz Music Direction by Jesse Vargas Presented and Co-Produced by MetroStage Reviewed by Steven McKnight Rooms is the most emotionally real and authentic musical this reviewer has ever seen.  Imagine if Rent or Spring Awakening was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Room for Rooms</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/07/08/make-room-for-rooms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Markowitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROOMS stars in rehearsal for MetroStage show By Joel Markowitz July 6 &#8211; New York I fell in love with Natascia Diaz at the Kennedy Center&#8217;s 2001 Sondheim Festival, when she played the role of Petra in A Little Night Music, and stole the audience&#8217;s hearts with her gorgeous rendition of &#8220;The Miller&#8217;s Son&#8221;. Since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stephen Schwartz Project</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/04/18/the-stephen-schwartz-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Stephen Schwartz Project Conceived by Michael J. Bobbitt Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Musical arrangements by John L. Cornelius II Directed and Choreographed by Michael J. Bobbitt Produced by MetroStage Reviewed by Gary McMillan PBS has its seemingly ubiquitous &#8220;Three Tenors.&#8221; Musical theatre fans have the three Stephens (Flaherty, Sondheim and Schwartz) who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cookin&#8217; at the Cookery, Take 2</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/02/25/cookin-at-the-cookery-take-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cookin&#8217; at the Cookery Produced by MetroStage Revisited by Debbie Minter Jackson There&#8217;s always a bit of trepidation when a key cast member steps into a successful show. Audiences wonder how the show will be affected, may have concerns about different interpretations, altering how it&#8217;s &#8220;supposed&#8221; to be.   In the case of Jackie Richardson who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ladies of the Cookery</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/02/16/the-ladies-of-the-cookery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Markowitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;re Having a Good Time: Schmoozing with Jackie Richardson and Janice Lorraine By Joel Markowitz There is a new Alberta Hunter in town, and Joel was there to greet her. The widely acclaimed Canadian actress and blues songstress Jackie Richardson recently stepped into the role of Alberta Hunter in Cookin&#8217; at the Cookery at MetroStage [...]]]></description>
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	<itunes:subtitle>They&#039;re Having a Good Time:    Schmoozing with Jackie Richardson and Janice Lorraine      By Joel Markowitz - There is a new Alberta Hunter in town, and Joel was there to greet her. The widely acclaimed Canadian actress and blues songstress J...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>They&#039;re Having a Good Time:
	
Schmoozing with Jackie Richardson and Janice Lorraine
	

	
By Joel Markowitz



There is a new Alberta Hunter in town, and Joel was there to greet her. The widely acclaimed Canadian actress and blues songstress Jackie Richardson recently stepped into the role of Alberta Hunter in Cookin&#039; at the Cookery at MetroStage and joins co-star Janice Lorraine in talking about the show and their history of performing it across Canada and the United States.

Joining them is William Knowles on piano as they give us a taste of ‘Downhearted Blues&#039; and ‘I&#039;m Having a Good Time&#039;. Janice, who plays many roles in the show, gives you an intro to Barney the club manager, little Alberta, Oscar Hammerstein II, and her Louis Armstrong that has critics raving.

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		<title>Cookin at the Cookery</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/01/29/cookin-at-the-cookery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cookin&#8217; at the Cookery          By Marion J. Caffey Produced by Metro Stage Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson Just when you thought you couldn&#8217;t get through another musical bio-musical chit-chatting about a late, great jazz singer, something new comes up that smashes your preconceptions and must be seen.  Alberta Hunter deserves the best theatrical treatment around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>tick, tick &#8230; Boom</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2007/10/22/tick-tick-boom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tick, tick&#8230;Boom! By Jonathan Larson Directed by Matt Gardiner Produced by MetroStage Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson The drama of turning thirty-years old &#8211; there&#8217;s something about leaving the safety nest of twenty-something, twenty anything, but thirty, according to Jon is the &#8220;boom,&#8221; in the title, and not in the good sense, more like a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Sistahs</title>
		<link>http://dctheatrescene.com/2007/08/02/three-sistahs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Treanor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three Sistahs   Directed by Thomas W. Jones II Book and lyrics by Thomas W. Jones II Music by William Hubbard Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson Three Sistahs, yes, the show is back at MetroStage, featuring the fabulous Bernadine Mitchell. Indulge yourself and see it again.  What?  You didn&#8217;t see it the first time?  What are [...]]]></description>
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